Cencrastus No. 17: Summer 1984

FeaturesWorld Systems Analysis by Geoffrey ParkerWhich Historical Present for Which Historical Future? by Immanuel WallersteinReal Marxism is Marxist Realism by Andre Gunder FrankGeoege Orwell and the English Ideology (Part 2), Cairns Craig on the English New Left"In These Times When Men walk Tall": The Popular Press and the Falklands Conflict by Patricia HollandPreparing for the Next Media War by Philip SchlesingerScottish Painting: Ramsay to Raeburn by Duncan MacmillanGeometry and the Scottish Imagination by Lindsay PatersonThe Ideology of Swearing by Allan HarknessFictionAngusina, an extract from a novel by Ian StephenPoetryPoems by Olav Hauge, David Scott, Tom Buchan and Robin Lindsay WilsonReviewsOssian Meets the Communications Revolution: Mike Alexander, How to be Celtic, reviewed by Christopher HarvieGarioch: Robin Fulton (ed.), Complete Works of Robert Garioch, reviewed by Edwin MorganThe Shorter Form: Valerie Shaw, The Short Story: A Critical Introduction, reviewed by Robert CrampseyFortress Scotland... and After: Malcolm Spaven, A Guide to the Military Presence; and C. Philips and I. Ross, The Nuclear Casebook: An Illustrated Guide, reviewed by Tom HubbardPanopticon or Pleasure Dome?: Formations Editorial Board (eds.), Formations of Pleasure, reviewed by Stan SmithNorman Malcolm Macdonald, Calum Tod, reviewed by John BurnsFrom Castlemilk to Morningside: Gordon Brown and Robin Cook, Scotland: The Real Divide, reviewed by Alan SinclairMichelene Wandor (ed.), On gender and Writing, reviewed by Carol AndersonBrian Friel, The Diviner, reviewed by Harry RitchieCanada's Daughters: Alice Munro, The Moons of Jupiter and Margaret Atwood, Bodily Harm, reviewed by Lynette HunterPoetry as the Crow Flies: Martin Booth, Looking for the Rainbow Sign: Poems of America; Matthew Sweeney, A Round House; Ruth Fainlight, Climates: Francis Horovitz, Snow Light, Water Light; Helen Dunmore, The Apple Fall; and Ronald Bottrall, Against a Setting Sun: Poems 1974 - 1983, reviewed by Stan SmithOf Kelpies and Burkers: Duncan Williamson, Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children, reviewed by Christine Reid